Xbox Live Has Been Down for Hours, No Word Yet on Fix for ‘Major Outage’

In case you had been seeking to get some summer time gaming in on Xbox Dwell on Tuesday it’s possible you’ll must postpone these plans. Microsoft’s on-line service has been down for over 5 hours, with no phrase but on what prompted the difficulty or when it is likely to be resolved. 

With the service down, players have been unable to log into their profiles which prevents them from with the ability to play video games on their consoles. In accordance with Microsoft’s Xbox Standing assist web page, the “main outage” was first reported round 2:07 p.m. ET. “You could not have the ability to sign-in to your Xbox profile, could also be disconnected whereas signed in, or produce other associated issues. Options that require sign-in like most video games, apps and social exercise will not be out there,” an accompanying message reads. 

Since customers cannot log in, even video games downloaded regionally to their Xboxes will not open. 

There is no such thing as a phrase on what prompted the difficulty, with the web page merely noting that “it is taking longer than anticipated” to repair. When contacted for remark, an Xbox spokesperson directed CNET to the Xbox Help account on X which has been tweeting out related updates. 

In its newest replace shared at 5:49 p.m. ET the Xbox Help account mentioned that the “investigation continues into points impacting customers capacity to check in to Xbox Dwell and providers.” 

Customers on the platform had been fast to voice their anger in regards to the challenge, with “Xbox” changing into the highest trending matter on X in the USA.